Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds
- Kind
- Journal Article
- Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer Science Business Media, LLC 2008
- Volume / pages
- J Sci Educ Technol
- Retrieved
- Feb 24, 2014
- Via
- DOI 10.1007/s10956-008-9120-8
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